Module 1B_3:Activity 3_Collaborative Exercise and Learners' Charter

I found the collaborative exercise to be one that makes me take a deeper look at what learners consider to be their rights as they try to pave a way for themselves in this world.  It created the avenue to explore the various views that individuals may have as learners and it made me realize that statements about learning have various shades of meanings.  As a result of this, even though one individual might have said something about what he believes to be a learner's right(s), another individual could say something similar but with a different meaning.

The same can be said for the Learners' Charter. What I have found is that you cannot look at a statement and say that it has everything that another statement has. There might be aspects of it that a former statement may have but it does not reflect what you wish to say in the same light. I found this to be a problem for me.  The exercise however, is a good one since it made us step back and look at ourselves as learners and not necessarily as teachers/educators. Quite often teachers do not look at themselves as learners and it is my belief that viewing ourselves as learners will make us look at our students' needs more readily and try to meet them in the classroom.